Our
Neighbor, Landscape Artist with the Awesome White Bicycle Fence Art
Installation (that he decorates during certain Holidays for us &
visitors to enjoy), Children Book Writer and Sculptor Tom Noll
is participating with other awesome & talented Artists &
Performers at the 2017 Artomatic in Crystal City. His room with display is on
the 4th Floor.March
24 through May 6

NO
admission fees and there are bars and food stands - ample free parking at all
garages on weekend!

Stop by
and visit - All 7 floors are indeed a delight for the eyes and senses.
Your, your family and friends can make it a delightful half day or
evening out!

Tom Noll - The Sculptor

Is a self-taught sculptor, who enjoys working
with rebar, sandstone and wood to create unique and decorative pieces that can
be enjoyed outside in a garden setting, inside the home or office building.

His sculptures offer rich possibilities, as
they can be enjoyed in their natural state when they rust, or painted in
rainbow colors. You can also reposition, restack, move or swing the pieces of
these sculptures around into the shapes or looks that inspire and move you.

Tom is also known both for his famous
Recycled Bicycle Fence when he lived in Manassas, VA and the one in the
Bloomingdale neighborhood (Rhode Island Ave & First Street NW) in WDC,
which he decorates for major holidays. These bicycle fences were the
inspiration for his recently published children’s book series: “Trash to
Treasure”- Recycling Creatively with L.T. * “The Bicycle Fence”. This first
book won the Gold Mom’s Choice Award for Children’s Picture Book.

Margery Goldberg of Zenith Gallery discovered
Tom’s Garden Sculptures at the 2012 WDC Artomatic Show and now represents him.

Born in Sommerset, Ohio, Tom is also a
landscape designer, who believes in using sculptures among the garden settings
that he creates.

Washington, DC award winning children’s book author
Tom Noll’s "Trash to Treasure" Series * Recycling
Creatively with L.T. with its books "The
Bicycle Fence" & "Selling Eggs" that
were written to empower, educate and inspire young readers to recycle and go
green in ways that are creative, practical and fun. The books help kids understand that everyday tasks
like rethinking what to do with discarded things, reducing waste, reusing and
repurposing things around their homes can have a positive impact on our
environment and lives.

Both books in his
Series are Gold Mom’s Choice Award® Winners for Children’s Picture
Books. His"Selling Eggs" book won the 2016- Benjamin Franklin Silver Award from the
Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA).

Tom is a
native of Somerset, Ohio and is an artist, sculptor, landscape designer,
recycler and advocate for going green.

* He
is well known in the WDC metro area for his popular and imaginative White
Bicycle Fence Art Installation at the Heart
of Bloomingdale Park (Corners of Rhode Island Avenue/1st Street NW) which he decorated for major holidays
and becomes a tourist photo site. Currently there are 4 "Bicycle
Fences"; Washington, DC, Alexandria, VA; Upper Marlboro, MD and Somerset,
OH. Author
has a 1950’s Recycled Rainbow Truck and White Bicycle.

Tom has been featured at Book Expo
America (BEA), American Librarian Association (ALA) Conventions, and Green
Festival and has been a popular featured reader at multiple events all
over Mid Atlantic area. He is a requested author for visits
to primary schools, local libraries, local book festivals and special
events for his storytelling abilities when doing readings and signings of
his books and for his interactive puppet show with a Q&A afterwards.

L.T. has
become THE NEW RECYCLING HERO! The seriesabout his adventures in
recycling creatively; with its colorful, whimsical illustrations, nostalgic
look and inspiring messages will remind us all that We Still Need to Recycle,
Go Green, Be Environmentally Friendly and Help Save Our Planet for our future
generations. L.T. will inspire and empower young ones; by
helping them to understand that everyday tasks like reducing waste, reusing,
repurposing things and recycling, has a real positive effect in our lives and
in the world.

This
educational series is non-fiction; as it is based on events from the author’s own childhood. It will inspire
young readers to rethink, reinvent, recreate, reuse and recycle in ways that
are both practical and fun!

STORYLINES:

“The Bicycle Fence”

Little
Tommy is not so little any more. He has outgrown his shoes, clothes and bicycle
all in one summer! L.T. (as he is now called) longs for a brand new bike, but
when his father builds him one from recycled junkyard parts, L.T. is
embarrassed to ride it to school. Can he come up with a creative idea that not
only gives him a good-as-new bike, but also provides a new fence for his yard…
and helps save the planet in the process?

“Selling Eggs”

L.T. is excited about the chickens his
family has ordered. He can’t wait to start selling eggs for pocket money! But
when twelve fuzzy colorful and extremely noisy chicks arrive, it’s clear that
any pocket money will have to wait. Can L.T. use his creative recycling ideas
to house and care for the chicks, and when the time comes, transport their eggs
to town?

Book are great looking and have a great
feel to them in hardcover 11 x 8 1/2 books on 100% Recycled
Paper, Soy Ink and Super Matte Non-Scuff Cover. Printed educational end
sheets. Ages 4-10. Price: $17.99